National Cancer Survivors Day 2020
Today, we honour the courage of lung cancer survivors and ask an important question: What needs to change so that more people with lung cancer make it to 5, 10, or 20+ years?
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World Asthma Day 2020: a checklist to guide you
World Asthma Day is a little different this year, because the world is different this year. Take a deep breath and make a plan for keeping your asthma under control.
Answers to your top 3 COVID-19 immunity questions
The Lung Health Foundation is made up of some pretty incredible people who are working together (but apart!) to help Canadians breathe with ease. Today, we would like to introduce you to Dr. Dawn Bowdish, …
Good News Tuesday: Creative Canadians vs. COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is giving Canadians an unprecedented opportunity to be helpers (and heroes). This post highlights just a few of the stories that have inspired us lately.
The Patented Medicines Price Review Board Proposed Guidelines & the Threat to Treatments for Lung Disease Patients
Looming national changes to drug pricing guidelines may harm Canadian lung disease patient’s access to new and innovative treatments.
Look for the Helpers
The COVID-19 pandemic is giving Canadians an unprecedented opportunity to be helpers (and heroes). This post highlights just a few of the stories that have inspired us lately.
Social Distancing and You
The Public Health Agency of Canada has recommended that we all practice social distancing in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The Lung Health Foundation supports these measures. Social distancing not only potentially takes weight off …
Lung Health Phone Support Group
This opportunity is ideal for people who do not have a support group in their community or who may be unable to attend an in-person meeting.
Keeping lung disease patients safe from COVID-19
Respiratory infections can be especially dangerous for people who are affected by lung disease. This is true for influenza (the flu), and it’s true for novel coronavirus COVID-19. Together, we can keep patients safe!
Aging Shouldn’t Take Your Breath Away
Two million of us live with it – and we estimate that it’s affecting one million more Canadians without their knowledge. What makes COPD the most common chronic illness that nobody’s talking about?